With an 8 PM Monday press release, the Mayor and Council President launch probe...see stories below.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "LWV forum Wednesday" and "Caboose hooks up and leaves"
Plain Talker: "Officials Seek City Probe"
City Vendor Irregularities? - SL: "Mayor, council president allege fiscal improprieties"
..... - CN: "Plainfield expenses called into question"
School Contract: "Plainfield teachers rally shut down quick"
Speaking Out - CN: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "Menendez excellent choice to counter Bush"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Union County: "18 towns to have contested elections"
Jayson Williams - CN: "Lawyers argue Williams' retrial evidence"
..... - SL: "Evidence in Williams case draws high court's attention"
..... - NYT: "Debate Over What Evidence to Allow in Ex-Net’s Retrial"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "In Shift, Booker Backs Arena After Team Agrees to Offer Local Aid"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, AP via Courier News)
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean's 'Mob' ad is linked to 'Swift' TV spots"
.......... - "Both sides spar over minority turnout"
..... - NYT: "Kean and Menendez Begin Final Appeals to Their Bases"
..... - CN: "Democrats wary of GOP tricks at Senate polls"
2006 Election - Public Questions: "Ballot questions look very voter-friendly"
Bear Hunt - SL: "Corzine acts to take bears out of hunters' sights"
..... - CN: "Corzine urges cancellation of impending bear hunt"
Gay Marriage? - SL: "No gay marriage; Civil unions on track for legalization"
Newark Liberty: "TSA seeks source of leaks on airport security tests"
NJT: "The squirt that keeps big trains from slipping"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "16 jurors selected for Seton fire trial"
State Parks: "Plan for Trenton park just needs the green"
Towns: Brick: "In the most secure town, a most pleasant afterglow"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Pay Taxes?: "Lawmaker pitches big tax relief proposal"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Darkow, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune
2006 Elections - WP: "Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats"
..... - NYT: "Democrats Seen to Gain in Races for Statehouses"
..... - SL: "President switches from terrorism and taxes to rally base against gay marriage"
.......... - "Math shows GOP is likely to lose seats in the House"
Hastert - SL: "Speaker Hastert may be out whether Republicans win or lose"
Iraq - SL: "U.S. toll passes 100 in one of Iraq war's most savage months"
Pentagon - E&P: "Pentagon Readying P.R. 'War'" -- "If I were grading I would say we probably deserve a 'D' or a 'D-plus' as a country as to how well we're doing in the battle of ideas that's taking place in the world today" -- Donald Rumsfeld
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Media - NYT: "Circulation Plunges at Major Newspapers"
..... - Editor & Publisher: "Big Metros Show Severe Declines in Latest Circ Report"
.......... - "Analysis: Why Circulation Keeps Heading South"
Halloween Tailgating: "Trunk or Treat! Halloween Tailgating Grows"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "LWV forum Wednesday" and "Caboose hooks up and leaves"
Plain Talker: "Officials Seek City Probe"
City Vendor Irregularities? - SL: "Mayor, council president allege fiscal improprieties"
..... - CN: "Plainfield expenses called into question"
School Contract: "Plainfield teachers rally shut down quick"
Speaking Out - CN: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "Menendez excellent choice to counter Bush"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Union County: "18 towns to have contested elections"
Jayson Williams - CN: "Lawyers argue Williams' retrial evidence"
..... - SL: "Evidence in Williams case draws high court's attention"
..... - NYT: "Debate Over What Evidence to Allow in Ex-Net’s Retrial"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "In Shift, Booker Backs Arena After Team Agrees to Offer Local Aid"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, AP via Courier News)
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean's 'Mob' ad is linked to 'Swift' TV spots"
.......... - "Both sides spar over minority turnout"
..... - NYT: "Kean and Menendez Begin Final Appeals to Their Bases"
..... - CN: "Democrats wary of GOP tricks at Senate polls"
2006 Election - Public Questions: "Ballot questions look very voter-friendly"
Bear Hunt - SL: "Corzine acts to take bears out of hunters' sights"
..... - CN: "Corzine urges cancellation of impending bear hunt"
Gay Marriage? - SL: "No gay marriage; Civil unions on track for legalization"
Newark Liberty: "TSA seeks source of leaks on airport security tests"
NJT: "The squirt that keeps big trains from slipping"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "16 jurors selected for Seton fire trial"
State Parks: "Plan for Trenton park just needs the green"
Towns: Brick: "In the most secure town, a most pleasant afterglow"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Pay Taxes?: "Lawmaker pitches big tax relief proposal"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Darkow, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune
2006 Elections - WP: "Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats"
..... - NYT: "Democrats Seen to Gain in Races for Statehouses"
..... - SL: "President switches from terrorism and taxes to rally base against gay marriage"
.......... - "Math shows GOP is likely to lose seats in the House"
Hastert - SL: "Speaker Hastert may be out whether Republicans win or lose"
Iraq - SL: "U.S. toll passes 100 in one of Iraq war's most savage months"
Pentagon - E&P: "Pentagon Readying P.R. 'War'" -- "If I were grading I would say we probably deserve a 'D' or a 'D-plus' as a country as to how well we're doing in the battle of ideas that's taking place in the world today" -- Donald Rumsfeld
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Media - NYT: "Circulation Plunges at Major Newspapers"
..... - Editor & Publisher: "Big Metros Show Severe Declines in Latest Circ Report"
.......... - "Analysis: Why Circulation Keeps Heading South"
Halloween Tailgating: "Trunk or Treat! Halloween Tailgating Grows"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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